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We gathered at The Boot & Flogger to taste Port of the 1994 Vintage.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1994 Graham;
• 1994 Dow;
• 1994 Warre;
• 1994 Quinta do Vesuvio;
• 1994 Smith Woodhouse;
• 1994 Gould Campbell;
• 1994 Tesco;
• 1994 Eira Velha;
• 1994 Taylor;
• 1994 Fonseca;
• 1994 Croft;
• 1994 Skeffington;
• 1994 Quinta do Noval;
• 1994 Churchill;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

80% opaque. A bit unbalanced on the nose. Good solid sweetly fruity port on the palate but with a slightly bitter note on the finish. Quite a fine glass of port, it continued to develop in glass over several hours, and my expectation is that it will be better in a few years.

A darker burgundy colour still. slightly distracting hint of VA doesn’t quite shift. Lots of dense primary fruit. Today slightly monolithic, just like the bottles I’m hanging onto waiting for this one to turn the corner. Will it properly develop or is this as good a time to drink it as any? For me not certain but this is a good showing, if not ever going to challenge for top honours.

90% opacity, very dark red. Floral, violets, cherries on the nose. Lovely rich, sweet chocolate and cherry. Tannins all along, a bit flabby at the finish nonetheless.

Cr94, decanted 07:00. Dark red, 80% opaque. Bitterness early palate; dark cherry behind, but drowned by the cloying bitterness. Long, but wrong.

Later, still no.